Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-20
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1eO acres Of land for w. A. Clinkscales
to NJ. Strong for stock Of drugs.
Mrs. W. b. Morris and her son Ed.
returned Monday from a visit to her
son James who lives in Meade county.
1t is said that w. N. Bradbury, of
Aetna, will ask the republicans to nom
mate him as their candidate for county
clerk.
Mr.. 7. p. d. Simmons, OF Wymore.
Nebraska, is here on a visit to his son,
p. A. Simmons, of the First National
bank. He has been troubled with
asthma aud hopes to find relief here.
Geo. r. Stone was at Ashland all Of
last week, looking after his hardware
interests. He returned here Sunday,
accompanied by his partner and nephew.
T. s. Updyke, who is also mayor of
Ashland.
1t is stated Jerry Simpson will be a
candidate for county treasurer on the
Union Labor ticket. We will say this
for Mr.. Simpson: In him is contained
about two-thirds of the brains of that
party in Barber county.
The horse thieves Smith, Moore and
the other fellow, were taken to Kiowa
last week but their examination was
postponed by Commissioner Flynn until
yesterday. They were returned here
and again taken to Kiowa yesterday.
Two cattle-feeders from Peabody,
Marion county, were here this week
and through Geo. w. Hendrickson pur-
chased $50 two year old feeding steers,
the average price paid being SO. They
purchased punches of Richards & Rog-
ers, ID. p. Brown, ID. j. Burlington and
ID. F. Allison, south of here; A. b.
Albee, northeast, n. G.. Rowley and
John Andrews, west of here and of G..
II. Douglass, of Sun City. These men
paid cash and thus spread nearly $1,000
over the county.
There will be a big Sunday school
picnic on Spring creek, two miles north
of Amber, Barber county on August g..
The following Sunday schools will take
part in the exercises: Amber, Clipper,
Bethel, Franklin, Grand View, of Bar
Der county and Clarks,. Goshen, Social
Plain and Waveland, of Pratt county.
The order of exercises and full particu-
lars of the affair were not furnished the
INDEX until late yesterday afternoon,
or they would have been published in
this issue.
T.. l.. Bradley, more familiarly known
to his hundreds of Barber county
friends as Lee Brady, is candidate
for sheriff. His long residence here
renders further introduction unneces-
sary. He came here in the early days
when Barber county was cattle range,
and from that time he has made good
use Of his opportunities and has become
acquainted with nearly every man, wo-
man and child in the county. He is a
faithful partisan; a companionable
gentleman, and if he is nominated, he
will have the hearty support of his
party. Mr.. Bradley is from Lafayette
county, Missouri, where he is well and
favorably known. At present he is a
deputy under Sheriff Nelson.
Two weeks ago, a young man named
George Churchill, was arrested at Deer
head by a local vigilance committee,
on suspicion of being horse thief. He
had, few days before, traded a fine
young mare to w. F. Berry, west of
here, and at Deerhead he told several
stories about himself. He was brought
here and put in Jail. This week, Sheriff
Nelson received telegram from a man
at Sylvia, Reno comfy, telling him to
hold George Churchill. that being the
thief's name. This county is getting
to be a resort for horse-thieves
it would appear. We suggest that
there should be county organization
to hunt down this detestable class; and
not only run the thieves out, but also
look after people who knowingly
harbor horse thieves. There is a rich
field to work in if the officers will but
take the time and trouble to investigate.
Hazelton has candidate for sheriff,
on the democratic ticket in the person
of w. G. Afford, whose announcement
is in this issue of the INDEX. Mr.. Al
ford is a working democrat who has
done his party much valuable service
since he moved to the county three
years ago. He has had considerable
experience as deputy sheriff, and so
far as we have heard, he has always
given satisfaction as an officer. Mr..
Afford is fair man in all his dealings
and where he is known best, there he
has the most friends. AT present he is
a member of the democratic central
committee, and it was remarked of him
in the councils OF the party, during the
last canvass that he was the most
active committeeman in the county.
He has friends who Will work hard for
his nomination.
The Union Labor party people are
eternally bowling about professional
politicians spending all their time in
worrying about the offices. The repre-
sentatives of that party have already
commenced on their rounds of public
speaking and canvassing. When the
people are supposed to be busiest with
their farm work; when there are no
public issues to be discussed; when
there are no legislators to be elected {;
when there should exist peace and
quiet on every hand, the "agitators"
are abroad in the land, causing as much
dissatisfaction as possible, and these
agitators are never so happy as when
they succeed in making happy and con-
tented men dissatisfied with their lot.
They will not even give ordinary NOR
tails credit for having enough sense to